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VERONA - Lucille Teresa Meudt, age 86, of Verona, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, surrounded by her family, at Ingleside Manor in Mount Horeb.

SPRING GREEN - Kenneth James Spangler, age 67, of Spring Green, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, at The Golden Living Center in Muscoda, Wis.

OSHKOSH - Orvell O.B. Zimmerman, age 91, of Oshkosh, passed away, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015.

It’s good, in times like these, to be reminded of the human spirit — of its capacity for wonder and courage. What seems impossible, what seems ever out of reach, is exactly what we seem most d…

American Family Children's Hospital is using a new Epic application that is also expected to be offered at UW Health at The American Center, the new hospital and wellness campus to open this s…

It will be the first for the Dodgeville company since it split off from Sears last year.

The Wisconsin governor leads the pack with 25 percent, twice as high as his nearest rival, a new poll found.

A Fitchburg man has been arrested on a tentative charge of first-degree reckless homicide in the death Monday of a 2-month-old baby, authorities reported.

This year could well go down in history as the moment when technology transformed the debate about climate change.

Senators say Wisconsin doesn't want the measure. Assembly Democrats slam Walker statement in 2011.

The beer wasn't the headliner at Milwaukee Public Museum's Food and Froth Fest, but it nevertheless revealed a nice fruity wheat beer.

Microgreens are older than a sprout but younger than a full plant, and a pack a nutritional punch. 

There was a February day back in the 1950s when the weather was so warm with little, if any, snow in sight, that found me playing tennis with friends on East High’s outdoor courts.

“Is Hillary Rodham Clinton a McDonald’s Big Mac or a Chipotle burrito bowl? A can of Bud or a bottle of Blue Moon? JCPenney or J. Crew?”

All were reported safe by the Badgers men's basketball Twitter account.

The author of the novel that became "Field of Dreams" celebrates turning 80 with a new book.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin has lawyered up in Washington, D.C.

This week's recipe received honorable mention in the State Journal's casseroles category in 1991 and was submitted by Dorothy Dittberner of Lodi.

Instead of counseling the local tribes, Father Louis Nicolas traveled around the Great Lakes hunting, observing wildlife and sketching plants.

After multiple problems with concussion, depression and other physical maladies, the Hornets senior is healing and happy.